Monday, June 24, 2013

Bobby (Blue) Bland, Soul and Blues Balladeer, Dies at 83

Bobby "Blue" Bland, a distinguished singer who blended Southern blues and soul in songs such as "Turn on Your Love Light," died Sunday. He was 83.

(Memphis) The Memphis Music Foundation confirms well-known blues musician Bobby “Blue” Bland has died. Bland got his start in the 1950′s and 60′s and would later perform with artists like Sam Cooke and Ray Charles 

Bobby "Blue" Bland, a distinguished singer who blended Southern blues and soul in songs such as "Turn on Your Love Light," died Sunday. He was 83.

Bobby "Blue" Bland, a distinguished singer who blended Southern blues and soul in songs such as "Turn on Your Love Light," died Sunday. He was 83.

Singer Bobby “Blue” Bland, one of the most prolific R&B and blues hitmakers of the '50s, '60s and '70s, died Sunday after a long illness. He was 83. Memphis' WREG-TV reported Bland's death. The station said the musician lived in Memphis' Germantown 

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